UC Riverside has once again been named a great value in the Princeton Review’s latest college rankings, where it was ranked No. 33 overall on the list’s Top 50 Best Value Colleges among public schools.

It was also ranked highly for financial aid and 11 for making an impact.

The campus is among 209 institutions in the Princeton Review’s “Best Value Colleges” for 2025, released Tuesday, June 24. The list surveyed more than 650 colleges and universities before selecting 68 public and 141 private institutions for its unranked list.

Schools were selected based on return on investment for students, factoring more than 40 data points that cover academics, affordability, and career outcomes for graduates and assigning scores for the different categories. UCR received a score of 90 out of 99 for its 2025 return on investment rating.

The Princeton Review also included seven categories in which it ranked institutions which included UCR’s No. 11 showing in Top 20 Best Schools for Financial Aid (Public Schools) and No. 50 in Top 20 Best Schools for Making and Impact (Public Schools). UCR was also among the Top 50 Green Colleges.

This is the sixth consecutive year the Princeton Review has featured UCR in its best value lists.

"The schools on our 'Best Value Colleges' lists this year are truly exceptional," said Rob Franek editor-in-chief of The Princeton Review. "They offer outstanding academics and excellent career services. They also demonstrate extraordinary commitments to affordability via generous financial aid and/or comparatively low sticker prices.”

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